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In his continuous quest to avoid the mainstream media filter, President Bush sat down last week with 10 influential military bloggers last Friday to discuss the war in Iraq and his decision to implement General Petraeus' suggestions. According to the Washington Post's report of the session:

[T]he hour-long meeting in the Roosevelt Room offered Bush another opportunity to break through what he sees as the filter of the traditional news media, while also reaching out to the providers of a new source of information for soldiers, their families and others who follow the conflict in Iraq closely.
"More and more we are engaging in the new-media world, and these are influential people who have a big following," said Kevin F. Sullivan, the White House communications chief.
Bush told the group that, to his knowledge, it was the first time a president had met with bloggers for a chat at the White House, one of the participants wrote.

(Note to readers scoring at home: Bush was the first president to meet with bloggers. So if you had James K. Polk in the president/blogger pool, bad news.)

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In his continuous quest to avoid the mainstream media filter, President Bush sat down last week with 10 influential military bloggers last Friday to discuss the war in Iraq and his decision to implement General Petraeus' suggestions. According to the Washington Post's report of the session:

[T]he hour-long meeting in the Roosevelt Room offered Bush another opportunity to break through what he sees as the filter of the traditional news media, while also reaching out to the providers of a new source of information for soldiers, their families and others who follow the conflict in Iraq closely.

"More and more we are engaging in the new-media world, and these are influential people who have a big following," said Kevin F. Sullivan, the White House communications chief.

Bush told the group that, to his knowledge, it was the first time a president had met with bloggers for a chat at the White House, one of the participants wrote.

(Note to readers scoring at home: Bush was the first president to meet with bloggers. So if you had James K. Polk in the president/blogger pool, bad news.)

Read full post…